New York Undercover

New York Undercover was a one-hour urban police drama, which ran on the FOX network from 1994 to 1998. The program, popular among its hip-hop target audience, starred Malik Yoba as Detective J.C. Williams and Michael DeLorenzo as Detective Eddie Torres, two undercover detectives for New York City's 21th Precinct sent out to investigate various criminal and gang-related cases. The cast also included Patti D'Arbanville as their boss, Lt. Patti Cooper, and Lauren Vélez as their partner Nina Moreno, who also dated Eddie Torres.

About the show

Besides solving each week's case, the show, produced by Dick Wolf, also explored the private lives of its characters. For example, Williams' character struggled to raise his young son, Gregory (Geroge Gore II), while Torres was shown to be fighting addictions to a variety of drugs.

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Dick Wolf - Geroge Gore II

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Torres and Moreno were eventually wed, and at the beginning of the third season in 1996, a new detective, Tommy McNamara (Jonathan LaPaglia), joined the cast. At the end of the fourth season, both McNamara and Torres were killed by a gang of bank-robbers.

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1996 - Jonathan LaPaglia

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New York Undercover debuted with a new cast for its fourth and final season in the fall of 1997. Williams and Moreno were assigned to a new unit, resulting in D'Arbanville being dropped from the cast. Joining them were were Thomas Mikal Ford as Lt. Malcolm Barker, Marisa Ryan as Det. Neil Delaney, and Josh Hopkins as Det. Alec Stone.

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1997 - Thomas Mikal Ford - Marisa Ryan - Josh Hopkins

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Each episode of the first three seasons of New York Undercover featured several hip hop and R&B songs for its soundtrack. At some point during each episode, the characters would end up in Natalie's, a ficticious New York R&B cafe owned by Gladys Knight's character Natalie, where a popular live performer would do a set. Among the performers featured on the show were Erykah Badu, The Temptations, Gladys Knight, The O'Jays, Boyz II Men, and more.

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Hip hop - R&B - Gladys Knight - Erykah Badu - The Temptations - The O'Jays - Boyz II Men

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New York Undercover won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Drama Series in both 1996 and 1997. Malik Yoba won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for starring in this series in 1996, 1997, and 1998. For their supporting roles as recurring characters on the show, Fatima Faloye and Ice-T were awarded the NAACP's awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, respectively, in 1996.

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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Drama Series - 1996 - 1997 - NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series - 1998 - Fatima Faloye - Ice-T - Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series - Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

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